You are working on the evening shift with eight patients assigned to your care. Which patient issue would receive first priority?
a. A client who complains of a sore throat and requests something to gargle with
b. A client with COPD who is resting quietly with 2 liters of O2 running
c. A client in respiratory isolation who requests a sleeping pill
d. A client with tubular necrosis and a urine output of only 15 mL for each of the past 2hours
D
The client with tubular necrosis who has only had a total of 15 mL of urine output in the last 2 hours
should be seen first. Requests for something to gargle with and a sleeping pill focus on comfort issues.
The client with COPD is stable.
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